Having leaned out of my career for years while raising a family, I was hesitant to lean in to the conversation sparked by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s book, “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead.”

In downtown Rye, where hair salons abound and small businesses come and go on a regular basis, celebrating a seventh anniversary is an achievement.

The good news was discovering the recipes of cookbook genius Mark Bittman, the bad news was having to hunt down some of his more exotic ingredients.

Dressing on the Side:

To carry off a new spring look, you need a bag.